LGBTQ+ Nonfiction
A list of recent LGBTQ+ nonfiction books selected by our librarians.
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Gay Bar : Why We Went Out
Mixing history and memoir, Lin examines the importance and joy of gay bars as meeting places.
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Mouths of Rain
A wide-ranging anthology that compiles and honors the work of Black lesbian writers and thinkers from the nineteenth century through today.
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Queer Power Couples
This photographic celebration of queer love and excellence gathers fourteen LGBTQ+ power couples, offering a glimpse into the journeys that led to their meaningful relationships and thriving careers. (Publisher description)
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Virology
A scientist, researcher, and HIV/AIDS advocate examines scientific and sociopolitical relationships between humans and viruses.
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Pageboy
In this timely and affecting memoir, actor Elliot Page reveals his inner struggles with self-worth, fame, and vulnerability. Page’s story is an important and moving personal exploration of identity, gender, and sexuality during a time where society does not always allow space for that experience. (Booklist)
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Q & A
An expansive, multi-disciplinary anthology from queer Asian North American artists, activists, organizers, writers, poets, and scholars.
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Queer Nature
An anthology of nature poetry from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century featuring over 200 queer poets.
Format: Book
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Our Work Is Everywhere
These illustrated interviews provide a stunning visual oral history of the lives and work of queer and trans activists.
Format: Graphic Novel
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The House of Hidden Meanings
Drag queen RuPaul (GuRu) excavates his childhood, early romances, and rise to fame in this unvarnished personal history. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Women's House of Detention
A queer and social critique of New York City’s “Skyscraper Alcatraz,” a women’s prison which stood in Greenwich Village from 1929 and 1974.
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